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Level -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (8/13/2007 10:33:40 AM)
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Eagles coach Andy Reid's son Britt pleaded guilty Monday to gun and drug charges stemming from a road-rage dispute. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to a string of pending charges - including carrying a firearm without a license, a felony - as his trial was to start, a Montgomery County court official said. Prosecutors will seek six to 14 months of jail time, while the defense will seek probation. A sentencing date has not been set. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7118306?MSNHPHMA Player movement, coaching changes and on-the-field personnel decisions have dominated headlines this off-season. The spotlight during the season, of course, will return to those carrying the ball, catching (or not catching) passes, and clogging up the middle. But it's those who man the sidelines and sit up in the team skybox who play a vital role and yet all too often fly under the radar. Most serious football fans can rattle off the names of all 32 NFL head coaches. Division-by-division, squad-by-squad. Some can even tell you each man's last coaching gig. But how many fans can name each team's offensive and defensive coordinators? Though usually either under siege from defiant fans or being praised to no end by the media, the offensive and defensive coordinators are often the ones making the biggest decisions, shaping games week to week. They're the ones Troy Aikman, Tony Kornheiser, and the rest of the TV on-air broadcast teams "speak with at dinner" during the week leading up the game. They're the ones who sit up in the box, headsets on, perched from above on Sundays. They're the ones that become "hot" coaching prospects in January when their units succeed (see Cam Cameron). They're the ones who are quietly replaced mid-season when they don't. Which coordinators should we be watching in 2007? Who will be climbing an uphill battle from the get-go? Which new faces take the reigns of established units? Who could be the Cam Cameron of '08? Here are eight men worth tracking come opening day: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7103584
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